Aloe hildebrandtii

Aloe hildebrandtii
Aloe hildebrandtii
Systematics
Monocots Order : Asparagales (Asparagales) Family : Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae) Subfamily : Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae) Genre : Aloes ( aloe ) Type : Aloe hildebrandtii
Scientific name
Aloe hildebrandtii
Baker

Aloe hildebrandtii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet hildebrandtii honors the German naturalist Johann Maria Hildebrandt .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe hildebrandtii grows trunk-forming and branches out from the base. The prostrate trunks reach a length of up to 100 centimeters and a diameter of 3 to 4 centimeters. The lanceolate, narrowed leaves are scattered along the shoots on the top 30 centimeters. The cloudy green leaf blade is 20 to 30 inches long and 4 to 6 inches wide. Occasionally there are a few white, lens-shaped spots on it. The piercing, reddish-brown teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry orange-brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The mostly crooked inflorescence consists of eight to twelve branches and reaches a length of about 50 centimeters. The crooked, loose, cylindrical and slightly conical grapes are 10 to 18 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. They consist of almost one-sided flowers. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 3 millimeters long and 2 millimeters wide. The frosted, yellow, orange or cloudy scarlet flowers are on 10 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 26 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 4 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

The number of chromosomes is . ${\displaystyle 2n=14}$

Systematics and distribution

Aloe hildebrandtii is common in Somalia on rocky slopes and in dry bush at altitudes of 1200 to 1800 meters.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1888. A synonym is Aloe gloveri Reynolds & probally (1958).

proof

literature

• Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 495 .
• Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe hildebrandtii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 145 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 108.
2. ^ Curtis's Botanical Magazine . Volume 114, 1888, plate 6981 ( online ).